Title
Portrait of a woman with a fan
circa 1815
Artist
Company style
late 18th century – late 19th century
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Details
- Other Title
- Portrait of a woman
- Alternative title
- Woman with a fan (duenna?)
- Places where the work was made
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Delhi
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India
Lucknow → Uttar Pradesh → India
- Date
- circa 1815
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.8 x 20.2 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Jim Masselos 2021
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 111.2021
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Company style
Works in the collection
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About
Holding a hand fan and draped in saffron-coloured cloth, the seated woman depicted here is likely a chaperone to a younger woman. Although not attributed as such, the style and subject of the painting link it to those from the renowned Fraser Album. Between 1815 and 1820, brothers William Fraser (1784–1835) and James Baillie Fraser (1783–1856) commissioned artists around Delhi to capture daily life in the region. A Fraser Album painting in the Gallery’s collection includes a depiction of a woman, also holding a fan, with a striking resemblance to the subject of this picture.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Intimate Encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2007–04 May 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jim Masselos, Divine and courtly life in Indian painting, Sydney, 1991. cat no. 8.3
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Important Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian art, London, 24 Apr 1990, 70 (illus.). lot 103
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